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{{Infobox newspaper|logo = |founder = David Dickson|website = {{url|www.scidev.net}}|foundation = 2001|type = Online Media Outlet}} '''Science and Development Network,SciDev.Net''', alsoshort knownfor asScience '''SciDev.net'''Development Network, is aan [[not-for-profitonline organisation]]source that producesof news, views, and analysis about science and technology in the context of global development. It primarilyaims engagesto withhelp developmentindividuals professionals,and policymakers,organisations researchers,apply thescience media,to decision-making andin theorder informedto publicpromote sustainable development and poverty reduction. <ref name="auto">{{Citecite web news|url=https://www.scidev.net/global/content/whatabout-we-dous.html|title=What we do|newspaper=Scidev.net }}</ref>

The organisation was founded in 2001<ref name="auto"/> in response to the significant gap in scientific knowledge between rich and poor countries and with the understanding that “those who stand to benefit the most from modern science and technology are also those with the least access to information about it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html |title=Science and Development Network: International Development Research Centre |accessdate=2010-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214512/http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html |archivedate=2011-06-08 }}</ref> SciDev.Net seeks to redress this imbalance via its free-to-access website, regional networks, and specialist workshops.